忙

See also: 忘

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Phono-semantic compound (形聲): semantic 忄 + phonetic 亡

Han character

忙 (radical 61 心+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 心卜女 (PYV), four-corner 9001₀, composition ⿰忄亡)

1. busy, pressed for time
2. hustling

References

• KangXi: page 377, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 10334
• Dae Jaweon: page 703, character 10
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 4, page 2272, character 16
• Unihan data for U+5FD9

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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		忙

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): máng (mang²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mong⁴
• Min Nan (POJ): bâng , bông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: máng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ
    • Wade-Giles: mang²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mang
    • IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: mong⁴
    • Yale: mòhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mong⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /mɔːŋ²¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bâng , bông
    • Tâi-lô: bâng , bông

Middle Chinese pronunciation (忙, reconstructed)
Character (忙), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 明 (4) Final: 唐 Division: I			Openness: Open Tone: Level (Ø)			Fanqie: 莫郎切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/	/maŋ/	/mɑŋ/	/mɑŋ/

Old Chinese pronunciation (忙, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
忙								máng								‹ mang ›								/*mˤaŋ/								flurried
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
忙					12639					亡					陽					0					茫					/*maːŋ/					同恾方言作茫

Adjective

忙 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin máng)

1. busy

   你最近忙嗎？ [MSC, trad.]

   你最近忙吗？ [MSC, simp.]

   Nǐ zuìjìn máng ma? [Pinyin]

   Have you been busy lately?

Verb

忙 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin máng)

1. to hurry, to rush
2. to be busy with something

   我最近忙著考試。 [MSC, trad.]

   我最近忙著考试。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ zuìjìn máng zhù kǎoshì. [Pinyin]

   I've been busy with exams as of late.

References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

忙

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

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Readings

• Goon: もう (mō)
• Kan’on: ぼう (bō)
• Kun: いそがしい (isogashii)

Compounds

多忙 (たぼう, tabō)

忙殺 (ぼうさつ, bōsatsu)

忙中閑 (ぼうちゅうかん, bōchūkan)

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Korean

Hanja

忙 (mang) (hangeul 망, revised mang, McCune-Reischauer mang, Yale mang)

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Vietnamese

Hán tự

忙 (mang)

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